It sounds cliché, but were has the year gone. I write Irish Extra monthly as readers will know and each month it arrives through my letter box I read it and put it on the corner of my desk. I put each issue in a pile until the year end and then wrap them…
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October was a good old month. The weather started to cool as it drew to a close and I had some great hunting with the Teckels. Earlier in the month I had a few mornings hunting locally with usually two of them and my old Lurcher “Fudge” as her son “Reggie” was laid up…
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Fast Ducks, Swimming Teckels & Gun Law Changes It is unusual for me to bag a duck on the opening day but this year I bagged two. I don’t normally get any as I am usually not out, tending to leave the ducks until a little later and aside from that we usually…
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Irish Extra September ‘19 Worrying times as RHD Reaches Ireland My heart sunk this month when I read of the first few confirmed cases of RHD in Ireland. I had watched closely the situation for some time in the UK when it appeared that not only rabbits but Hares were affected by the…
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I almost had to look twice at the month I was writing in! August 2019 and it seems little time since I was saluting the end of the season. In 12 days time the Glorious 12th will once again arrive and although it is another while until the pheasant shooting opens, the 12th almost signifies…
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